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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course will cover 20th-century Russian/Soviet culture and history through the medium of film. We will begin with classics of early Soviet film (including Eisenstein, Vertov, Pudovkin) and then view and discuss classic films of the Stalinist era and WWII (1930s-50s). We will continue with classic films and comedies of the 1960s and 70s (including Ryazanov, Gaidai, Tarkovsky). The later 1980's-90's (glasnot,perestroika, and the post-Soviet era) witnessed the emergence of films the revealed difficult social and historical themes (for example: Little Vera; Burnt by the Sun; Prisoner of the Caucaus; Brother I). The course will conclude with discussion of film and society in present-day Russia. Films are in Russian (with English subtitles). Readings and discussion are in English but certain assignments will be completed in Russian. Students without background in Russian language should enroll in FCUL 241. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: RUS 202 or consent of instructor. (HEPT, Hist Intcl)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course, through the medium of literature and memoirs, focuses on Russia/Soviet Union in the early years after the Bolshevik Revolution (1917) until Gorbachev's glasnost and perestroika. Students will learn about the rise of Stalin, the time of terror and purges at the height of Stalin's regime (mid-1930's), WWII, the"Thaw" after Stalin's death in 1953, and thimplications Stalinism has on present-day Russia. We will seek answers to the questions of how Stalin was allowed to rise to power, retain political control, and instigate policies that caused the deaths of approximately 20 million Soviet citizens-many of whom were Bolsheviks and loyal members of the Communist Party. Literary readings include memoirs, poetry, and novels. A significant part of the course concerns the role of women in the Bolshevik Revolution and their fate under Stalinism. This course fulfills requirements of international studies, women's studies, and Russian studies. Readings and discussion are in English but certain assignments will be completed in Russian. Students without a background in Russian language should enroll in FCUL 243. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: RUS 202 or consent of the instructor. (HEPT, Hist, Intcl, E, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A study of the cultural, political, and social institutions that have shaped Russia from the time of Kievan Rus' to the present period. Key historical and philosophical themes will be discussed in reference to art, literature, architecture, music, and Russian Orthodoxy. The course is taught in English and readings are in English, but students will complete certain assignments in Russian. Students without a background in Russian language should enroll in FCUL 341. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: RUS 202, or consent of instructor. (HE, Hist, Intcl)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours This course will discuss the major writings and activities of Soviet dissidents Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Andrei Sakharov, and Natan Sharansky. Special emphasis will be placed on the socio-historical context and the important role of dissidents both in the Soviet Union and in the world arena during the last decades of the USSR (1960's-1991), and how the perception of dissident activity has changed over time. We will focus on questions of human rights, religious and creative freedom, refusniks, the right to emigrate, environmental concerns, ideological differences between East and West, the theories of Co-existence and Convergence, and the role of the West in these debates. When applicable, the role of these dissidents in current politics will be discussed. The course is taught in English and readings are in English, but students will complete certain assignments using authentic Russian texts. Students without a background in Russian language should enroll in FCUL 343. Offered on a rotating basis. Prerequisite: RUS 202 or consent of the instructor. (HEPT, Hist, Intcl, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Emphasis on the development of written and oral expression and mastery of grammar. Reading and listening comprehension will be developed through use of authentic texts (literary and popular press), films, video (news and popular media), and song texts. Speaking and writing skills will be developed within this context of authentic materials. (L, W)
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1, 2, or 4 hours
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
1, 2, or 4 hours
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A survey of 19th century Russian literature (in translation) from Romanticism to Realism. Reading and discussion of selected works of major Russian authors, including Pushkin, Gogol, Lermontov, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov. The course is taught in English and readings are in English, but students will complete certain assignments in Russian. Students without a background in Russian language should enroll in FCUL 451. Prerequisite: RUS 202, or consent of instructor. (HEPT, Hist, E, W)
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4.00 Credits
4 hours A survey of 20th-century Russian/Soviet literature (in translation) from 1900 to the present. Reading and discussion of works by major Russian/Soviet writers, including Gorky, Mayakovsky, Akhmatova, Mandelshtam, Zoshchenko, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, Bulgakov. The course is taught in English and readings are in English, but students will complete certain assignments in Russian. Students without a background in Russian language should enroll in FCUL 452. Prerequisite: RUS 202, or consent of instructor. (HEPT, Hist, E, W)
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